Blogs from Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 14

Welcome to our new travel blog. We hope to post some photos and give everyone regular updates re: our adventures studying in Scotland. We landed in Aberdeen in late afternoon local time on Friday the 15th of September 2006. We initially flew off from Montreal and after a bumpy landing in Paris that had most passengers clinging their armrests in terror. Ok, maybe not that bad, but pretty shaky indeed! Charles de Gaulle was quite nice... the best part: no fast food restaurants! We enjoyed a baguette sandwich and waited around for our flights to Aberdeen which went fine (I slept through the whole thing). Upon arrival we got into our new flat which was surprisingly bigger than anticipated. We have a small lounge from which a kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom branch off of... ... read more

We had an early start today. We were intending on visiting quite a number of castles and historic sites. Our route was to take in much of the North East Coast and interior of Scotland, but didn’t start well. We visited Castle Fraser first, but it didn’t open up until 1100. We had a bit of a look at what we could do, and knowing we needed to be finished by 1530 today, we ended up deciding to go into the centre of Aberdeen and look around the city instead. To be brutally honest, the city didn’t do much for either of us and we ended up going back to the hotel at about 1400 to start packing for tomorrow. Once we finished packing, we headed out to visit Elaine, Mike and Uncle Bill. They were ... read more

An early start today. We were heading up to Aberdeen and I had to go pick up the hire car from the airport. We had breakfast downstairs, which was very nice. A full buffet with both continental and hot breakfast available. Then off to get the car. We were given a Blue Peugeot which was quite sufficient for us. It wasn’t long before we said goodbye to the hotel, and the smoky air inside it. Our first stop for the day was at St Andrews, where we had another look at both the cathedral and the castle. Both very impressive. After that, we headed over to the 18th fairway of the old course to take some photos. Then, back on the road. We pretty much just headed to Aberdeen from there, keen on finding the hotel. ... read more

Hey Everyone! We just arrived at Aberdeen and checked in at out new hostel (it's really nice here and they have a cheap laundry-mat which is really good because it was getting to the point that I couldn't sit next to Alex on the train!) By the way 'internet stalker' I'm pretty sure Alex has out-stunk any stinking you did in Europe. The train ride here was 2 and a half hours of h-e-double-hockey-sticks. The air conditioning wasn't working so it was like 100 million degrees in there (hence the comment about not being able to sit next to Alex). We're pretty excited about being in a new city but we are going to miss the bells of St. Giles in the morning. So far Aberdeen seems a lot less touristy then the other places have ... read more

Ok! So today was our first official day of Macbackpackers.com. We were introduced to our tour guide for the next 5 days Neil. Not only is he extremely funny but he wears a kilt, with nothing under it!! and PLEASE DO NOT ask me how i found out. haha.. Anyways.. it was finally time to get out of that mental insitution and on to bigger and better things. MOst of us n the trip went however there were a select few that decided to stay back with professor sands and take their own whirlwind tour of scotland... Day 1.. Neil explained to us that he loves to travel the world, and he absoltely loves his job. His accent is so hard to understand sometimes because he talks to gosh darn fast! Also, how he actually traveled ... read more